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For security reasons, your password on the Oakton Network is set to expire periodically. Changing your password when it expires (or when you opt to) will require you to begin using your new password for all network-related functions. In addition to logging in on campus, these functions include such things as email, remote dialup, and OakSTAR. For tips on choosing a new password, link here to Choosing and Protecting Your Oakton Password. (Note that you do not have to wait until your password expires to change it-- you may do so at any time. See the section below titledChanging Passwords Before Expiration for more information.) If you only access Oakton's network from home via dialup, see the section below titled Changing Passwords from Off Campus for more information. Changing an Expired Password:

1.	When you login after your password has expired, the dialog window shown at right will appear. If you wish to change your password at this time, click Yes. If you prefer to do it later and you have remaining "grace logins," you may click No for now and Windows will continue to load, but you will be unable to use e-mail or OakSTAR. Each time you click No and delay changing your password you will use 1 of your 6 grace logins.
2.	If you chose to change your password and clicked Yes, the Change Password dialog window will appear. Choose a new password of at least 5 alphanumeric characters (no spaces). Enter your new password in the first input field using all lower case. Re-enter your new password in the second field exactly as you did in the first field. Click OK.
3.	The Change Password window will close and Windows will complete loading.

For users of multiple computers:
If you attempt to login on a different campus computer after changing your password, and it is a computer that you have used previously, you may be prompted with a second login screen. Note that you will also get this on All computers you use if you use the online password change form (see below "Changing Passwords Before Expiration," Option Two). If you get this second login screen:
1.	Input your regular Oakton Login ID
2.	Input your OLD password
3.	Check the box next to "Change your..."
4.	Click OK. Windows will continue to launch and you should not have to do this again (on this workstation).
Changing your Email and Dial-up Passwords When you change your general Oakton Network password, your Oakton Dial-up and email passwords will also be changed on the server side of things. You will then need to use your new password for all dial-up and email access. If at some point previously you chose to have your Oakton Dial-up remember your password rather than prompt you to input it at the beginning of the connection process, you may need to manually update your settings to reflect the password change. Dial-up users should follow these steps to change the email and connection password settings.

Changing home dial-up connection settings:
1.	Double-click on your icon for connecting to Oakton	........
2.	When the "Connect To" dialogue window appears, locate the password field. If you had previously checked the "Save Password" box, your password will appear as asterisks.
3.	Select or erase the asterisks and type in your new password (the same one you chose for your Oakton network password).
4.	You may now click on the Connect button and the new password should be in effect. (Note that you do not actually need to complete a connection. You can abort during the dialing process and your changes will still be saved.)

Email Password Setting
	Those who are always prompted to enter their password upon launching Netscape email need only begin using their new password. There will be no procedural changes. If you are NOT prompted to enter a password when you launch email, you have probably set your mail server properties within Netscape to remember it. The first time you launch Netscape email after changing your network password, it will first try to use the old password. This will fail and a Password Entry window will pop up. Enter your new password and click OK

*Changing Passwords Before* Expiration** You do not need to wait for your password to expire before you change it. You have the option of changing it yourself at any time and there are two simple ways of doing so.
Option One (On-campus only):
1.	Login to your computer in the normal way
2.	After you are completely logged in and Windows has loaded (you see your normal icons on screen), press CTRL-ALT-DEL
3.	In the Window that appears, click on "Change Password."

3.	A second window will appear. Enter your current password in the "Old password" field, then enter a new password of at least 5 alphanumeric characters (no spaces). Enter the new password a second time in the "Confirm New Password" field to make sure you typed it correctly.
4.	Click OK.

5.	If you correctly entered all information, the password will be changed successfully. Click OK again.

Option Two (Changing passwords from off-campus):

	Using a web browser, go to the online account management tool at http://borg.oakton.edu/accountmgmt. Login to the account management tool with your username and password and click on the Change Password Link. You will need to enter the new password twice to confirm it and then press the Change Password button Important: 1) The Account Management tool should not be used if your password has already expired. 2) If you use the Account Management tool to change your password, read the section above "For users of multiple computers." In this case, even if you only use one computer on campus, you can expect to go through these steps. Also if you use Oakton's dial up system, be sure to follow the steps in "Changing your Email and Dial-up Passwords"

Forgot your Password? If you forget your password, IT likely will have to assign you a new one. You will need to come to the Help Desk (room 1710 on the Des Plaines campus) and present a picture ID. If you cannot come to the Des Plaines campus during normal business hours, call the Help Desk at x1965 and they may be able to make alternative arrangements.

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